2010 leavenworth christmas lighting

LIGHTING CEREMONY AT 4:30 P.M.ON SAT. AND SUN.,

DEC. 4 & 5, 11 & 12, 18 & 19, 2010FOR FRIDAY EVENTS, CHECK THE SCHEDULE INSIDE

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Grange Christmas BazaarDec. 3-5, 10-12, 17-19 - A bazaar featuring wonderful

gifts. Fridays and Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sundays, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Chumstick Grange, 621 Front St. Call 509-548-7853 for information.

Christmas in the Mountains: ‘Home for the Holidays’

Dec. 3, 4, 9 and 10 at the Church of the Nazarene, 111 Ski Hill Dr. in Leavenworth. Tickets $14 for adults and $12 for students and seniors over 62, available from Village Voices members, the Leavenworth Chamber of Commerce or at the door. The concerts begin at 7:30 p.m. Call 509-548-9797 or 509-548-5807.

Living NativityDec. 4, 11, 18, 22, 23 and 24. Enjoy a live enactment of

the nativity downtown at the Gazebo and at the Nazarene Church, 111 Ski Hill Dr. The Nazarene Church shows are on Dec. 22, 23 and 24 at 7 p.m., 7:30 p.m., 8 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. The Gazebo shows are Dec. 4, 11 and 18 at 5:30 p.m. Admission is free and donations are graciously accepted. For information call 509-548-5292.

Senior Center Chili FeedDec. 4 and 11, 12 to 6 p.m. A touch of home cooking right

here in Leavenworth. All you can eat chili, soup with all the fixings, including corn bread, coffee and dessert at

the Leavenworth Senior Center, 423 Evans. Call 509-548-6666 for information.

Bronn Journey Christmas Concerts

Nov. 30, Dec. 1, 2, 7 and 8. Renowned harpist Bronn Journey’s holiday concert is a delight for all ages. His wife Katherine adds her exquisite voice to the program for a Christmas concert that will warm the heart. A true Leavenworth tradition. Concerts start at 7:30 p.m. at Com-munity United Methodist Church, 418 Evans St. Tickets at $15 are available at the Chamber of Commerce. Call 509-548-5807 for information.

Marlin Handbell RingersDec. 5, 7, 8 and 19. The magic created by 108 English

handbells rings in the holiday season. On Dec. 5, the Ringers are at the Cashmere Coffeehouse in Cashmere, Wash. at 2 p.m. The Dec. 7 and 8 performances are at the Best Western Icicle Inn and the Dec. 19 show is at Canyon Wren Recital Hall at the Icicle Creek Music Center. Call 509-548-4319 for information and to make reservations. See www.marlinhandbells.com.

Christmas Lighting Luncheon and Craft Fair

Dec. 4 and 11. The Leavenworth Community United Methodist and Hilfreiche Hausfrauen Club invites the

community to join them at their annual Christmas Light-ing craft fair, and bake sale at the Leavenworth Commu-nity United Methodist Church, 418 Evans St. from 9 a.m to 4 p.m., with lunch served from 11 a.m to 2 p.m. Lunch will also be served on Saturday, Dec. 18. Handmade gifts, crafts, decorations, linens, baked goods, and much more will be for sale. Soup, sandwiches, pie and beverages will be served. For information call 509-548-6222.

Night at the MuseumOn Dec. 3, from 6 to 9 p.m., The Leavenworth Nutcracker

Museum on 735 Front St. is hosting a Night at the Mu-seum. Tickets are $10. The Museum will be featuring beer from Alpine Brewing in Orville, Wash. Special guest Karolin Steinbach of the Steinbach Nutcracker Family in Germany will be in attendance. For information call 509-548-4573 or nutcrackermuseum.com.

‘Miracle on 34th Street’Cascade High School presents “Miracle on 34th Street”

on Dec. 3, 4, 10 and 11 at the CHS Commons at 7 p.m. Tickets available at the door. The show is adapted from the novel by Patricia Di Benedetto Snyder, Will Severin, and John Vreeke. For information call 509-548-5277.

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On Dec. 3, the Leavenworth Community Coffeehouse

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Fridays saturdays & sundaysOn Friday evenings greet Saint Nicholas at 4:30 p.m. as he arrives at the Front Street Gazebo with special treats for the children. There will be no lighting ceremony on Friday.

Festivities begin with Father Christmas, Saint Nicholas an Santa Claus arriving in town at noon. Visitors enjoy live music and entertainment all afternoon into the evening, including the Lighting Ceremony starting at 4:30 p.m. when the Village and the trees in Front Street Park come alive with lights and color.

The following events are in the downtown gazebo area. Visit www.leavenworth.org or call 548-5807 for updates

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Christmas Lighting FestivaL

Friday, dEC. 33:30-5:30 p.m. Cascade High School Select

Choir

4:30 p.m. Arrival of Saint Nicholas

7:30 p.m. Village Voices’ Christmas in the Mountains Concert – Leaven-worth Church of the Nazarene

saturday, dEC. 411:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

1st Corps Army Jazz Quartet

12:30-1:00 p.m. Irene’s School of Dance

1:00 p.m. Opening Ceremony

1:00-1:30 p.m. Kentridge High School Jazz Choir

1:30-2:00 p.m. Irene’s School of Dance

2:30-3:30 p.m. Walla Walla Valley Academy’s Praise Ringers

3:30-5:30 p.m. Enzian Swiss Women’s Choir and Saints Cosmas and Damian Choir

4:30 p.m. Christmas Lighting Ceremony

5:45 p.m. Starlight Lantern Parade

6:00-7:00 p.m. Snoqualmie Middle School

7:00-8:00 p.m. Cavelero Mid High


8:00 p.m. Amahl and the Night Visitors – Leavenworth Festhalle

sunday, dEC. 51:00 p.m. Opening Ceremony


2:00-3:00 p.m. Greg Parke

3:30-5:30 p.m. Everett High School



6:30-8:00 p.m. Michael Lewis Duo

Friday, dEC. 103:30-5:30 p.m. Cascade High School Select

Choir




saturday, dEC. 1112:00-2:00 p.m. Leavenworth’s Musikappelle



2:00-3:30 p.m. Brass Band Northwest

3:30-5:30 p.m. CommonBond 5


5:45 p.m. Starlight Lantern Parade

6:00-7:00 p.m. Cashmere High School Jazz Band


sunday, dEC. 1212:00-1:00 p.m. Cashmere High School Choir


1:00-2:30 p.m. Beth and Rachael


3:30-5:30 p.m. Snoqualmie Community En-semble


Friday, dEC. 173:30-5:30 p.m. IRMS Middle School Choir



saturday, dEC. 181:00 p.m. Opening Ceremony


2:00-3:00 p.m. Leavenworth’s Village Voices

3:00-5:30 p.m. Wenatchee Apollo Club


5:30-6:30 p.m. Sophia Tilley


sunday, dEC. 191:00 p.m. Opening Ceremony

1:00 p.m. Amahl and the Night Visitors Leavenworth Festhalle


3:30-5:30 p.m. Steve Mason


7:00 p.m. Marlin Handbell Ringers – Can-yon Wren Recital Hall

Christmas Lighting Fest events are for everyone

presents live acoustic music by Tanai Opland, Mike Freeman, William Pint and Felicia Dale. Showtime is 7:30 p.m. At 347 Divi-sion Street in Leavenworth. Call

509-548-7374.Visit www.leavenworth.org or

call the Leavenworth Chamber of Commerce, 509-548-5807, for updates and additional infor-mation.

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the story of santa has taken many shapes and names over the years. Each year, in Leavenworth during the Christmas Lighting Festival, he takes the form of santa Claus, Father Christmas and saint nicholas (shown here).

The kind man who embodies the spirit of Christmas has many differ-ent names and faces. In France he is known as Pere Noel; in Holland, Kris Kringle; and in Germany he is known as Der Weinachtsmann (the Christmas man). Here in Leaven-worth three traditional images of this jolly old man greet visitors and lend an ear to children’s fondest wishes. The twinkling Christmas lights and the soft voices of carolers draw Saint Nicholas, Father Christ-mas and Santa Claus to this little Bavarian village every year.

The image of a man clad in red handing out gifts to children may have originated with St. Nicholas. Although little is known about his life, it is said Nicholas became one of the youngest bishops ever, at age 17. St. Nicholas came from a wealthy family, and legend has it, he was often seen riding a donkey in his red and white bishop’s robes handing out gifts to children.

One of the most famous stories about St. Nicholas describes a poor man with three daughters living at home. The man’s daughters couldn’t get married because their father did not have enough money for a dowry. One night, Nicholas secretly dropped a bag of gold down the chimney, enabling the oldest daughter to get married. Year after year bags of gold magically appeared in the man’s fireplace until all but one of his daughters was married. That year the man hid near the fireplace and caught a glimpse of St. Nicholas lowering the bag down the chimney. Although the man promised not to reveal the

identity of the gift giver, he couldn’t stop praising St. Nick for bringing hope to his family.

St. Nicholas was not only known to be kind to children, but also to sailors. In one story he is depicted helping sailors escape a dreadful storm. St. Nicholas is believed to have died on Dec. 6, 345 AD. He was laid to rest in Turkey where his bones stayed until 1807 when some Italian merchant sailors stole them. The bones are now kept in a church named after him in the Italian port of Bari. On St. Nicholas’ feast day the sailors of Bari still carry a statue of him from the cathedral out to sea so that he can bless the waters and give them safe voyages throughout the year.

Father Christmas is the name St. Nicholas was given when word of his deeds traveled to Britain in the 16th century. The first images of Father Christmas depict a jovial figure with a garland of ivy on his head. The idea of the spirit of the wood entering a house offering hope and renewal for the new year was a popular one that may have easily been translated into the no-tion of Father Christmas.

During this time many Britons converted to Christianity, and their iconic images retained much of their pagan roots. Instead of trying to wipe out pagan traditions, the early Christians may have renamed the spirit of the wood and given him the duty of bringing people gifts in memory of the birth of the Christ Child.

The American image of Santa Claus may be derived from a fu-sion of St. Nicholas and Chrisk-indlein, a German representation of the Christ Child. In Germany the Christkindlein accompanied a Nicholas-like figure or he traveled with a dwarf-like helper known in some places as “Pelznickel,” or

Nicholas with furs. Children woke up to find gifts the morning after a man dressed like Pelznickel visited. The presents were attributed to Chriskindlein who had come while everyone was asleep.

Over time, Christkindlein’s name was shortened to Kris Kringle. Sto-ries of Kris Kringle and St. Nicholas intertwined when Dutch settlers in New York founded the New York Historical Society in 1804 with St. Nicholas as its patron saint. In 1810 during the society’s St. Nicholas’ Day dinner a woodcut of the tra-ditional Nicholas figure dressed in long robes was unveiled. It was ac-companied by a Dutch rhyme about “Sinterklaas.” The Dutch spelling of St. Nicholas’ name in this poem evolved into the modern spelling of Santa Claus.

The image of Santa Claus contin-ued to change as more stories were written about him. On Christmas Eve 1822 Clement Clarke Moore read “An Account of a Visit from St. Nicholas” (commonly known as “Twas the night before Christ-mas”), a poem he had written to children. Moore gave St. Nick’s eight reindeer their names and expanded on the traditional story of St. Nicholas dropping presents down the chimney.

In 1863 Thomas Nast began creat-ing his own images of Santa Claus for Harper’s Weekly. Nast’s Santa, a tall man with flowing whiskers and dressed in fur from head to toe, appeared in the magazine from 1863 to the late 1880s. Each year he added more details to his version of the Santa legend, including the home-workshop at the North Pole and the naughty and nice list. In 1869 a book called “Santa Claus and His Works” paired Nast’s drawings with a poem by George P. Webster

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Leavenworth’s own acclaimed Village Voices invite holiday rev-elers to “Home for the Holidays,” the theme for the annual Christ-

mas in the Mountains musical holiday celebration. The 2010 concerts are at 7:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, Dec. 3 and 4, and Thursday and Friday, Dec. 9 and 10 at the Church of the Nazarene, 111 Ski Hill Drive in Leavenworth.

Tickets, at $14 for adults and $12 for students and seniors, are available from the Leavenworth Chamber of Commerce (509-548-5807), Dan’s Food Market, Doane’s Valley Pharmacy in Cashmere, or at the door. Village Voices, formed

in 1982, is Leavenworth’s commu-nity chorus of mixed voices.

Director Larry Henderson has conducted choral groups for more than 30 years. A graduate of Hard-ing University, the gifted director and musician sings tenor with Wenatchee’s Apollo Club, plays guitar, and enjoys singing with his family, including Village Voices sopranos Carol Henderson and Mariann Browne. Virtuoso pianist Judy Parker has accompanied the singers for several years.

Joining Village Voices are some old favorites plus voices new to the annual holiday con-certs. Christmas Brass, with Jerry Dirkse, Glenn Kelly, Chris Shimer, and Jeff Phippen have delighted audiences for several years. Also returning for bows are Kinderchor, the Cascade El-ementary School choir, founded and directed by Bev Cagle (Dec. 3 and 4 only); Eastmont High School flutist Maggie Whiteman, who returns to play with Village Voices and two numbers of her own; and percussionist Steve Morton, a founding member of Village Voices. Director Larry Henderson will sing “Mary Did You Know?” with the men of the chorus. Two new Village Voices members will sing solos with the

chorus: bass Luke Boyce, also known in the valley as L-Bow the Clown, and soprano Renata Ru-mann, a recent Pacific Lutheran University music graduate, who also will sing “A Slumber Song of the Madonna” (Dec. 9 and 10 only).

Christmas in the Mountains concert goers will enjoy a variety of holiday music including sono-rous arrangements of “Home for the Holidays,” “It Came Upon a Midnight Clear,” and the German favorite “O Tannenbaum.” “’Twas the Night After Christmas” is a rueful twist on the old classic poem. “Christmas Classic Cel-ebration” is a nostalgic medley of familiar sacred carols. Ever thought you’d hear “Jingle Bells” and “Nutcracker Suite” in the same song? Come listen. “Sleigh Bells,” set to a Ukranian folk tune, brings the audience on a magi-cal imaginary sleigh ride, while “Sing Hosanna, Sing” celebrates the joy of the season. From the welcoming strains of “Leaven-worth Christmas Tonight” to the traditional ending with Handel’s rousing “Hallelujah Chorus,” accompanied by tympani and brass, concert goers will delight in sounds of the season from be-ginning to end.

the popular Village Voices have been delighting audiences for many years. during the Christmas Lighting Festival, the group performs a number of concerts at the Leavenworth Church of the nazarene. always a holiday treat!

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When the Christmas lights come on in Leavenworth this year, it will mark the 44th annual renewal of a festival which began Nov. 26, 1966.

Buses from Spokane and a trainload of visitors from Seattle came to the Bavarian Village that first year for entertainment, food, fun and dancing in the streets.

When the train arrived with nearly 800 passengers, 250 of them children, it was greeted by bands and townspeople. The entourage was led to town by the Leavenworth Snow Queen in a horse-drawn cutter.

They had an hour to visit the “warming huts” in the Catholic Youth Organization and Grange halls, which featured displays of old-fashioned Christmas decora-

tions, hot cider, hot chocolate and cookies. The chili feed at the fire hall sponsored by the Rainbow Girls drew such a big crowd that it sold out. Luckily, the Grange Hall had hamburgers and home-baked beans.

There were free snowmobile rides, caroling by the Methodist Church Junior Choir and carica-ture drawings by Rollin Thomas of Spokane. Also on hand were Santa’s helpers, snowmen and a dog sled team. Ted Price showed films on ski jumping, snowmobil-ing and kayaking at the old Alpine Theatre.

The bandstand program fea-tured the Leavenworth High School Tijuana Brass led by Jerry Dirkse. The Amberleaf Theatre put on a performance. Also on the

bill was a carillon bell concert of Christmas songs and Santa’s hour with the children.

Beth Warman (now deceased), who took over the program in 1978 with Mae Hamilton, reported that the lights of the Christmas village went on like clockwork at 4:15 p.m. that first year.

The first Christmas Lighting Festival drew wide-reaching no-tice. A Great Northern Railway official said the event caused the biggest turmoil ever to hit the line’s office in Seattle. It was

swamped by some 7,000 requests for information and tickets, and 100 people were left standing on the platform Saturday morning of the lighting.

The setting for the Christmas Lighting Festival couldn’t have been more appropriate. Snow gently fell as Snow Queen Kristy Hanson and her escort, Ken Mar-son, received the crown under an arch of ski poles. Children met the train in little snowmobile suits, and music rang out from the bandstand all day.

The ceremonies ended with the burning of the mortgage for the village carillon bells. Vera Lee, as-sociate editor of The Leavenworth Echo and wife of editor Russell Lee, held the paper as Mayor Wil-bur Bon lit the fire. Following the ceremony, a carillon bell concert was heard throughout the valley and up the mountain cleft.

No matter how cold the outdoor temperatures, the warmth of holiday cheer always fills the air when Christmas lights burn in The Bavarian Village.

Ringing in the Season

ring, ring, ring go the bells, of the Marlin Handbell ringers, that is. the well known Leavenworth based group has become of staple of the Christmas Lighting Festival over the years, delighting young and old with their mastery of the bells.

that identified the North Pole as Santa’s home. Although Nast never settled on one size for his Santa figures -they ranged from elf-like to man-sized - his 1881 “Merry Old Santa Claus” drawing is quite close to the modern image.

A Boston printer named Louis Prang introduced the English cus-

tom of Christmas cards to America. In 1885 he issued a card featuring a red-suited Santa. The chubby Santa in a red suit began to replace the fur-dressed Belsnickle image and the multicolored Santas. Although some versions of the Santa Claus figure still had him attired in various colors of past outfits, in the beginning of the 20th century, the jolly, ruddy, sack-carrying Santa

with a red suit and flowing white whiskers had become the standard image of Santa Claus.

In 1931 Haddon Sundblom pre-sented Santa as a plump human rather than an elf, with a jovial face and big beard in a Coca-Cola advertisement. Today it is Sund-blom’s Santa that bounces children on his lap and slips down chimneys around the world.

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The new show for the Leaven-worth Summer Theater is not ex-actly new. “Amahl and the Night Visitors” was actually presented by Leavenworth Summer Theater (LST) in the mid-90s, around the time the theater group was just getting started.

LST has not performed the show since then. Mainly, believes show director Jeanine Salter, because the requirements of the show are so specific.

“We need a boy who is a very good singer that can carry the show,” Salter said. “He has to be a good actor and a good singer. The music is demanding and has a lot of strings in the orchestra. Plus, you have to have good singers. Everyone has to be able to sing real well.”

When Salter signed on to di-rect the show, her 13th for LST, her first question was whether or not they had a particular boy in mind. They told her no, but were confident a good one would audition. When the auditions rolled around, Salter found not one Amahl, but two.

“I was so lucky to have two. I have two very good Amahls. I could not be happier,” she said.

Playing role of Amahl is Jonah Gunter, 12, and Daniel Tveten, 13.

Because the show has some real haunting tones, getting a cello and oboe player is key, but not always easy to find. Lucky for Salter, Juel Iwaasa came on board as the vocal director and conductor.

“I lucked out getting Juel Iwaa-sa, who has several kids who all play strings. The two younger ones have been on stage with me before,” she said. “We also have a kid (Joey Wenda) coming up from Ellensburg. He is a phenomenal oboe player. He is key for the orchestra.”

The orchestra plays a big role in the production, Salter said, in-cluding starting and finishing the show with no actors on stage.

As for the singers, there are a number of LST veterans includ-

ing Maren Cagle, who plays the mother. She has the distinction of being the only performer who was in the original Amahl, play-ing a shepard.

“Maren sings just beautiful. I

feel very blessed to have found such strong singers in every category. I lucked out and have a well balanced chorus and strong singers in every role,” Salter said. “I have a strong singing cast. The was my biggest concern and my biggest blessing.”

The composer of the show,

said in his notes, there should not be a little girl playing Amahl. Salter said they wanted to re-main true to what the composer intended.

“A lot of times people throw a girl into the role if they can-

LST presents ‘Amahl and the Night Visitors’

Maren Cagle and daniel tveten appear as mother and son in the Leavenworth summer theater production of “amahl and the night Visitors.” the musical program is presented at the Leavenworth Festhalle during the Christmas Lighting Festival.

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not find a boy,” she said. “The composer felt strongly about it because it’s a coming of age piece. The boy soprano has a very clear quality of tone. With a girl singer, the vibrato will already be introduced.”

Salter said, with the two Amahls, there is no understudy. Each boy will take turns per-forming.

“I do pay attention to giving each equal rehearsal time,” she said. “They both have unique takes on the character. They have interpreted the character in their

own way. I am really impressed with both.”

The story takes place in the biblical era, as three kings make their way across the desert to see the baby Jesus. They stop to rest at the home of a shepherd, a widow and her crippled son. That’s where the story begins.

The three kings are played by Ted Fredericks, David Harvill and William Thayer-Daugherty.

“The kings voices are phenom-enal. They have a very stately presence and a little humor,” she said. “I do like to find the humor in things. It makes it more relat-able to an audience.”

The cast has been rehearsing since mid-October. Their first run throughs were held last week, including the dance number by LST vet Briar Hoper.

“Amahl and the Night Visi-tors” is being performed at the Festhalle in Leavenworth. It is relatively short, just 70 minutes, so there is no intermission.

The show opens Saturday, Dec. 4 and runs through Dec. 19. For showtimes and ticket informa-tion, go to www.leavenworthsum-mertheater.com or call 548-2000.

Ian Dunn can be reached at 548-5286 or [email protected].

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aMaHL: Both Amahls get equal billing

Songs of the Season

Music is big part of the Christmas Lighting Festival. the event typically features the select Choir from Cascade High school in Leavenworth.


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